Anuradha Mascarenhas

Over time, the footpath has been lost to traffic congestion, encroachment and unplanned infrastructure. In many Indian cities, it becomes a getaway for two-wheelers in heavy traffic situations, works as a parking bay or hosts makeshift chai 'tapris'

The newly identified system features a vast arc-like structure spanning nearly 1.8 million light-years and may represent one of the clearest known radio signatures of a giant bow shock produced as a galaxy plunges supersonically into the dense environment of a galaxy cluster.

New global estimates show India's cancer burden is growing rapidly, with breast, oral and cervical cancers leading the rise. The country could see nearly 2.8 million new cases by 2050

After a neck injury ended his NDA training, Akireddy Sai Vedansh was admitted to AIT Pune's BTech programme. He now hopes to join the armed forces through the CDS exam.

The Khelo India gold medallist was honoured as the best all-round outgoing medical cadet by the AFMC.

Maharashtra electoral roll revision has prompted sex workers' organisations to seek alternative voter verification measures for women and children unable to establish family links.

The CEPI-backed vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has reached Phase 1 trials just 57 days after the outbreak was declared.

Located on a stable foothill plain of Kalsubai—the highest peak of the Sahyadri mountain range—and on the right bank of upper Mula River, Kotul is at the junction of Ahmednagar-Nasik-Thane and Pune district boundary.

The preliminary archaeological excavations carried out by Deccan College Post Graduate Research Institute, Pune, was published in the college's bulletin recently.

Chennai was found to be the city with highest overall sleep loss in India, with residents losing an average of 93 hours of sleep annually, of which five hours could be directly attributable to climate change, according to the study by Climate Central, a US-based climate advocacy group.